Action Thursday night comes amid internal bickering

11:21 PM,
Sep. 19, 2013

Rutherford County Commissioner Robert Stevens

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Republican county commissioners agreed Thursday night to form a "conference" rather than a caucus, but the meeting included some internal bickering.

One Republican candidate for commission opposed formation of the group and criticized the GOP incumbents who supported a 4.1 percent property tax increase.

Phil Griffin, who plans to oppose incumbent Gary Farley, also a Republican, in the Seventh District race, said he is against formation of a conference or caucus "because the majority of the members of this caucus voted for the recent property tax increase, a value not reflective of the ...